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National hospital development plan to enhance health system, minister saysHealth Minister Sinisa Varga presented in parliament on Wednesday the National Plan for the development of hospitals in the 2014-20 period as the first operational document on hospital development since Croatia achieved independence, saying it would eliminate the numerous shortcomings in the functioning of hospitals. 11.02.2015. | News | Health

Government amends tax law to facilitate doing businessThe government on Wednesday endorsed a bill of amendments to the General Tax Act aimed at creating more predictable and better conditions for doing business, Finance Minister Boris Lalovac said. 11.02.2015. | News

12,500 citizens receive debt write-off certificatesSo far 12,500 out of 75,000 eligible citizens have received certificates attesting that they meet the debt write-off conditions as part of The Fresh Start, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said at a government session on Wednesday. 11.02.2015. | News

Energy Union Commissioner supports LNG terminal in CroatiaAn LNG terminal on the northern Adriatic island of Krk is one of the future projects important for the European Energy Union and an answer to many dilemmas that currently exist, European Commission Vice President and European Energy Union Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Wednesday. 11.02.2015. | News | EU Affairs

Minister Mrsic aims for more transparent and cheaper pension systemLabour and Pension System Minister Mirando Mrsic on Tuesday said that the government had secured stable pensions and that measures being taken should contribute to making the pension system more transparent and cheaper. 11.02.2015. | News

Justice minister Miljenic: All tax evaders will have to pay taxesJustice Minister Orsat Miljenic on Tuesday confirmed in Lepoglava, north of Zagreb, that an investigation would be launched to examine if Croatian citizens had evaded paying taxes by opening private bank accounts at the British HSBC bank. 11.02.2015. | News | Justice

Finance Ministry requests info on Croatian clients of HSBC subsidiaryCroatia's Finance Ministry has requested information through the Tax Administration and the Office for Prevention of Money Laundering about Croatian citizens who are clients of the Swiss subsidiary of the British bank HSBC Holdings Plc after it admitted that the subsidiary helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal millions of dollars of assets. 11.02.2015. | News

Croatia's exports in January-November 2014 up 9.3%Croatia's exports totalled HRK 72 billion in the January-November period of 2014, an increase of 9.3% compared with the same period of 2013, while imports went up by 4.7% to HRK 120.7 billion, according to provisional figures released by the DZS national statistical office on Monday. 09.02.2015. | News | Economy

Contract signed to build Ciovo bridgeRepresentatives of the Hrvatske Ceste (HC) road operator and the Viadukt construction company on Friday signed a contract to build a bridge connecting the island of Ciovo to the mainland and access roads. The contract is worth HRK 129.5 million, excluding VAT. 09.02.2015. | News | Local Government and Regional Development

Croatia urges Serbia to annul law on universal jurisdiction over war crimesSerbia cannot enter the European Union as long as it has the current law on exercising universal jurisdiction over Croatia's citizens, and Croatia will not allow such developments, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said at the government's meeting in Zagreb on Thursday. 05.02.2015. | News | Criminal Offenses and Law